---
title: "Steenbaars"
description: "Ambloplites rupestris — Vissen. The rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris), also known as the rock perch, goggle-eye, red eye, and black perch, is a freshwater fish native to east-central North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/rock-bass
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Steenbaars

> Ambloplites rupestris — Vissen. The rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris), also known as the rock perch, goggle-eye, red eye, and black perch, is a freshwater fish native to east-central North America.

- Scientific name: *Ambloplites rupestris*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 10566
- Wikidata: [Q2093287](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2093287)
- iNaturalist taxon: [58637](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/58637)

## Names

- en: Rock Bass
- de: Steinbarsch
- es: Perca de roca
- fr: Crapet de roche
- nl: Steenbaars
- pl: Bass czerwonooki

## Countries with the most observations

US (7247), CA (2840), FR (3)

## Summary

The rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris), also known as the rock perch, goggle-eye, red eye, and black perch, is a freshwater fish native to east-central North America. This red-eyed fish is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Centrarchiformes and can be distinguished from other similar species by the six spines in the anal fin (other sunfish have only three anal fin spines).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_bass

## Photo

![Steenbaars](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rock-bass/medium.jpg)

Photo: Allan Harris · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/127379999

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/rock-bass?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).